Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: Volume - 2, the Department of Terrestrial Magnetis

Klappentext This 2005 book is an exciting exploration of a century of scientific discovery. Zusammenfassung The second of five Histories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington describes the work of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. A century of research has seen advances in an astonishing range of subjects from ionospheric physics! to geochemistry and planetary science. Fully illustrated with contemporary photographs of people and events. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Establishment; 2. Cruises and war; 3. Expeditions; 4. Measurements - magnetic and electric; 5. The Fleming transition; 6. The last cruise; 7. The magnetic observatories and final land observations; 8. The ionosphere; 9. Collaboration and evaluation; 10. The Tesla coil; 11. The Van de Graaff; 12. The nuclear force; 13. Fission; 14. Cosmic rays; 15. The proximity fuze and the war effort; 16. The Tuve transition; 17. Post-war nuclear physics; 18. The cyclotron; 19. Biophysics; 20. Explosion seismology; 21. Isotope geology; 22. Radio astronomy; 23. Image tubes; 24. Computers; 25. Earthquake seismology; 26. Strainmeters; 27. The Bolton and Wetherill years; 28. Astronomy; 29. The Solar System; 30. Geochemistry; 31. Island-arc volcanoes; 32. Seismology revisited; 33. Geochemistry and cosmochemistry; 34. The Solomon transition; 35. The support staff; Epilogue; References and notes.

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• Authors: Louis Brown, Louis (Carnegie Institution of Washington Brown, Brown Louis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2013
• EAN: 9781107412453
• ISBN: 978-1-107-41245-3
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, History of Science, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Geology & The Lithosphere